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Hey Community ... in the past, we were able to get statistics by passkey using the following api query:
Since this is no longer available, is there a way to get passkey-specific queries using the new api query:
I've tried several variations of the old query with the new search, but have been coming up empty.

Thank you!

I don't know if it'll help, but I've been using and both api. and api2. seem to return exactly the same thing.

The JSON is formatted a bit differently, eg. "total_users" is now "users" and "credit" is now "score"
Going to https://api.foldingathome.org/ with a web browser will give you documentation.
It shows among other things.

I'm not at all an expert, though.

Just a hunch, they might be using a passkey with a variety of usernames.
I believe there's some folders who will assign each of their systems a different username to keep track of that system's progress. Using a common passkey keeps the download simple as your only making one request for all the usernames instead of a request for each username.

Due to performance issues with the stats database, some of the API calls are currently blocked except when they come from a client. From what I understand, Web Control requests for stats that request based on username and passkey get results. Work is being done on this, but I don't know when it will be completed and which API calls will be fully supported.

mapachita wrote:

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curl -G https://api.foldingathome.org/user/name -d passkey=<string>
curl -G https://api.foldingathome.org/user/name/stats -d passkey=<string>
curl -G https://api.foldingathome.org/bonus -d user=<string> -d passkey=<string>

Thank you! I finally broke down and installed curl (was using http requests in a browser which require a little extra finess)

Yes, some of the output parameters in JSON aren't consistent (earned vs score), however; these appear to get me very close.

Still having trouble getting the right API combo that would also include total wu's per passkey/username as well, since I want to make sure those with private passkeys generate at least 10 work units for our team-within-a-team account.

aetch wrote:Just a hunch, they might be using a passkey with a variety of usernames.

... this is for a club-within-a-team user account ...

We want to track individual contributions to a single user account, to see if they've submitted at least 10 WU's to earn the bonus PPD for the main user account - proving they've given it some effort - since bonus PPD are earned based on passkeys, not at the user account itself.

This also helps weed out bad actors from the "club" - say if an individual dumps work units frequently, their club-assigned passkey will be sanctioned by the work servers, but the club user account will remain in good standing (at least theoretically).